Basket Lid
97-85-4.2
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-4.2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Woman's work basket. Cylindrical. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "cross" and "war-pick" design in flase embroidery on side. Damaged. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 18 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-4 - Old Museum Number | 11470 - ANSP Number |
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